Boutique: Nidia Lasso

Origin

• 🇨🇴 Colombia
• 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

Tasting notes

**Nidia Lasso will be roasted onRoast date / restingSpecialty bags carry the roast date, not a best-before. Coffee needs days to degas CO₂ after roasting ('resting') and is typically best within weeks, not months. Mondays and likely one more weekday. Orders may not be shipped until the Monday after your order is placed.** TASTING NOTESTasting notesThe flavors a roaster perceives in the cup — 'jasmine, apricot, black tea'. Descriptive associations, not ingredients: nothing is added to the coffee. honeydew, caramel, grapefruit, floral COFFEE BACKGROUND The Boutique Series features special varieties, unique processing methods, prestigious origin farms, and leaders in sustainability. Our team selects these limited offerings to showcase what we love most about coffee. Nidia Lasso continues a proud family tradition, working side-by-side with her father in the highlands of San Pedro de Cartago, a town nestled in the Andes mountains of southwestern Colombia. Nidia practices thoughtful and sustainable land stewardship: on her 12-hectare farm, shade trees, plantain, and cassava grow alongside coffee plants. Curiosity drives Nidia to constantly experiment, collaborate, and learn. She cultivates exceptional varieties like GeshaGesha (Geisha)A rare, jasmine-and-bergamot scented variety originally from Ethiopia's Gesha forest, made famous by Panama's Hacienda La Esmeralda. Routinely the most expensive coffee at auction., Pink and Yellow BourbonBourbonOne of the two foundational arabica varieties (with Typica), named after Île Bourbon (Réunion). Sweet, balanced, caramel-leaning; parent of countless modern cultivars., and Ethiopian; to process her harvests, Nidia employs a range of methods including washedWashed processThe fruit is removed from the seed before drying, usually with fermentation and a water rinse. Tends to give clean, transparent cups where origin character shows clearly., honeyHoney processThe skin is removed but some sticky fruit mucilage is left on during drying. Lands between washed and natural: more sweetness and body than washed, cleaner than natural., and naturalNatural processThe whole cherry is dried with the fruit still on the seed. Gives heavier body and big fruit flavors — think berries and wine — sometimes with a fermenty edge. processes. Grown, hand-harvested, and washed with tremendous care by Nidia and her team, this offering is an excellent representation of the gesha varietyVariety (cultivar)The botanical subtype of the coffee plant — Gesha, Bourbon, SL28 — analogous to grape varieties in wine. A major driver of cup character alongside origin and process. . Gesha originated in Ethiopia’s Gori Gesha forest; today it’s prized by producers and roasters throughout the world for its complex, floral character and exceptional cup quality. This coffee has everything we want in a great gesha: a clean bodyBodyThe weight and texture of coffee in the mouth, from tea-like and delicate to syrupy and heavy. Driven by process, roast, variety, and brew method. bursting with juicyAcidityThe bright, lively, fruit-like sensation in coffee — praise, not a flaw. Citric sparkle, malic apple-crispness, tartaric wine notes; light roasts preserve more of it. melon and floral sweetness in every sip. Just as the earth around us is exploding with the warm sun, fresh life, and blooming flowers of spring in St. Louis, this is a cup that beautifully captures the energy of the season. TASTING NOTES honeydew, caramel, grapefruit, floral **Nidia Lasso will be roasted on Mondays and likely one more weekday. Orders may not be shipped until the Monday after your order is placed.**